The School Prospectus

This document was given to the parents of boys before starting at the school.

It makes interesting reading these days - for instance, how well would the statement "All boys attnding the School are expected to wear the School cap and School tie, not only to and from School, but also in the evenings and during weekends" go down these days?

I have scanned my copy of the Prospectus handed out in 1951 and you can see it here

Geoff Pask has sent me scans of his 1944 version and you can see it here

Most of the content of the 1951 Prospectus is taken directly from the 1944 version (cribbing was just as popular in those days as well), but there some interesting changes for the different years:-

Tuition Fees were £15 15s 0d in 1944 though apparently abolished later the same year.
Boarding fees in 1944 were £82 per annum, no figure given for 1951

School dinners were taken in the School Hall in 1944 at a cost of 6 pence per day. In 1951 the cost had risen to 7 pence per day and were taken in the new Dining Hall.

Holidays in 1944 were 7 1/2 weeks in the Summer, 4 weeks at Christmas and 3 1/2 weeks in April.
In 1951 these had been reduced to 6 weeks in the Summer, 3 weeks at Christmas and 3 weeks in April.

School hours in 1944 were 9am to 4.30 on weekdays and on Saturdays 9am to 12.00.
By 1951 the school hours had been reduced to9am ti 4pm with no school on Saturday mornings

Note for train buffs - in 1944 High Wycombe was on the Great Central and Great Western Joint Line